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CREA Panodyssey

Panodyssey, the social media dedicated to creative writing. The main aim of the project is to create a platform where the users can directly share their content and even monetize it.

Rivers2Communities

The Rivers2Communities projects main objective is to further strengthen cooperation between contemporary cultural and creative scenes of Hungary and Serbia and among the societies, citizens in the bordering region by focusing on our mutual cultural identity represented in the rivers.

Geiseloper

The Geiseloper / Hostage opera is chamber opera composed by Gryllus Samu and directed by Brina Stinehelfer. Using the relationship between the 1973 Balassagyarmat hostage drama and the social reactions of the time as a model, the performance presents the role of the community in the development of traumas and its power in their processing, partly in an interactive form and based on documents in its textbook.

The Tragedy of Man

The Tragedy of Man by Imre Madách is one of the most outstanding and grandiose works in the history of Hungarian literature, which, with our initiative, is now embarking on a whole new journey in a new guise. The venue of our site&space-specific performance is the Városmajor Open-Air Stage and the surrounding, unused and forgotten park, which can be rediscovered by creators and participants as an inalienable part of the performance, and its “repertoire” can be expanded with new meaning and memories.

Walking Lecture on Ants

Christine Fentz the artistic leader of SECRET HOTEL have been always had an interest in creating an artistic piece connected to nature in order to give an experience of combining art and nature to the audience.

View/ers

In October 2018, ianan Qu and his company created a performance related to Ludwig Musem’s „Westkunst-Ostkunst collection” in Budapest. Jianan Qu has been working with performances researching art spaces since 2015, where he examines the relationship between the artistic pieces, the exhibition hall and the viewers. Qu, the chinese artist, currently based in Vienna, turned the exhibition rooms of Ludwig Museum into a vivid, active space, and made an attempt to reinterpret the role of reception.

Journey/DROM

The JOURNEY / DROM is a collaborative theatre project with Roma and non-Roma artists and communities, in which an artistic platform to tell the stories of Roma, who went from the north of Serbia, through Hungary to Germany, is provided. What circumstances did they try to escape? Which difficulties did they face on their journey? What dreams did they have – and what happened in the end? Is there an end? For Roma coming from the Balkans, the route from Novi Sad via Budapest to Berlin is often the only gateway to seek asylum in Germany. Over 1050km are passed in overcrowded, broken cars – or even on foot; leaving behind their homes and familiar roots, hoping for a better life.

Stronger Peripheries

Stronger Peripheries is a large-scale cooperation project supported by the EU’s Creative Europe programme, gathering 14 partners, from 10 European countries. It acts within the performing arts sector through the creation of artistic productions, the training of creative and cultural workers, and the proposal of new cultural policies based on the promotion and assessment of participative practices. It is the inaugural project stemming from the Southern Coalition, an informal association that prompts cooperation between cultural agents based in the countries of the Mediterranean basin and the Balkans.

MIXDOOR – New Forms in Mixdoor Performing Arts Practices

New Forms in Mixdoor Performing Arts Practices was a combined intercultural initiative, collaboration between art forms, artists and European countries. The four elements of the projects were the juggling and contemporary circus, vertical dance, 3D mapping and GPS-based human interface. We have made a performance structure with three stages, one outside and one inside performance linked to small, site-specific happenings on the way to the theatre. Our aim was to improve the contemporary art forms and to bring up the various arts as well as the people and continents around the globe. In 2014 it was was selected as a single Hungarian initiative by the European Commission Creative Europe Program.

Siding – Tram Theatre

On the 3rd Dunapest Festival, Pro Progressione introduced a unique theatre show. The Siding – Tram Theatre was an interactive play, which manifested on the route of one of the worlds nicest tram line, tram 2. The audience was sitting on the seats of the tram, while watching a fascinating love-triangle among other passengers – the actors.

FMG – Faust.Mephisto.Grete

Faust is the essence of German literature, which has been interpreted countless times, however it is almost impossible to keep it away from the stage, but it is equally an integral part of school literature classes. Faust, the eternally seeking individual who uses dark forces to reach a higher degree of understanding of human existence, make a deal with Mephistopheles, the devil who promises him eternal youth and the love of Grete in exchange for his soul.

FeelMS

As part of the Erasmus + Strategic Collaboration Program, our project – FeelMS – closed in 2018, with seven artists visiting Ancona in April as a guest at Sineglossa, a European pioneering organization for art and business. During the study tour, a new site-specific presentation was made as a presentation of the Ancona harbor in Hackaton format, led by Bálint Tóth, a representative of MeetLab.

A FESTIVE PLAY – …’56-’16…

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the events of the Revolution 1956 we present the historical events in the reflection of contemporary art and eyewitness literature. The project includes a free outdoor installation and an indoor performance. It will be staged in Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and also in several mayor cities worldwide. Spreading the personal history of the resistance agains the Soviet oppression in our region.

BOI

A fusion of dance, physical theatre and traditional folk songs from various regions of Slovakia. How does a boy become a man in today’s postmodern society?

“Original cultures differed from one another in many things; however, you won’t find a single culture on the planet that would not develop some form of transitional rituals between childhood and maturity. From this point of view is the present Western civilisation a complete anomaly.”

BeyondFront@

Beyond Fronta was one of the most important contemporary dance project in Middle-Europe, invited the countries and the dance communities of the region. Between 2008 and 2014 over 30 Hungarian and more then 150 internantional, mostly young dancers had the possibility for creation, knowledge-exchange and to get to know the dance-scene of the wider region. The project was selected by the European Commission as a “success story”, making it an exceptional good example for international cooperations.

Banquet for Bees

Christine Fentz – the artistic leader of SECRET HOTEL – have been always had an interest in creating an artistic piece connected to nature in order to give an experience of combining art and nature to the audience. After the successful Walking Lecture on Ants, Secret Hotel now works together with Pro Progressione to create a participatory based theatrical piece focusing on bees.

Szabihíd – Bridge of Freedom

Starting from the summer of 2017, Szabihíd (Bridge of Freedom) has been transformed into a common space for a few weekends, where city dwellers and visitors find a little holiday in the heart of the bustling capital. Szabihíd is an urban, public space developing and last but not least artistic experiment about the freedom of arts, sports and community programs. In addition, the series of events anticipates alternative uses of urban public space, brings people closer to the city and the river, builds community(s), and enables the presence of sustainable, democratic, co-created spaces in the city. The bridge is common, space is common, freedom is common. The Szabihíd project is a joint event of the Valyo – City and River Association and Pro Progressione.

Midsummer Night

A thick dark forest where anything could happen; where ordinary rules break up and relationships re-evaluate – this topos is the dramaturgical basis of Shakespeare’s drama, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In such a place, where strange events can only be limited by our imagination, the author can afford almost anything: the presence of magical beings, confusion of love threads, deformities of the characters – and so does Ambrus Ivanyos in his adaptation of Shakespeare’s play, made into a theatre adventure game directed by Máté Czakó.

Fototreff #Abroad

Held almost 30 times since 2014, Fototreff Berlin is one of the most successful, regularly held contemporary photography events in the German capital. Fototreff Berlin provides a space for critical dialogue in contemporary artistic and documentary photography, through a variety of approaches to authorship, image editing and presentation.

The Game

Tomas Danielis’ new choreography is titled The Game – referring back to Eric Berne’s successful book, “Games People Play”. Berne’s transactional analysis created has spread worldwide: not only effected on the theory of psychotherapy, psychology and communication, but it has also given rise to an effective new tool for analyzing organizations. The artist has began to deal with power games through this book, which has become one of the main area of his art research for years.

RIVE – Rivers of Europe

RIVE responded to the question of the present and the future meaning of rivers. Historically rivers are not only a main source and centre of life, but carriers of meaning for human interaction. We traveled the length of the River Danube, inviting people from the Black Forest to the Black Sea to share experiences and values. Our floating venue offered a wide-ranging cultural program, exploring the connecting and dividing forces of the Danube and addressing cross-national issues. The New York Times titled the project: “Ambassadors of culture”.

17th International MitOst Festival

The 17th International MitOst Festival took place in Budapest between 2-6 October 2019. The festival takes place every year in another country and it is organized around the annual members assembly. On this occasion MitOst invites its friends, members and everyone interested in cultural and civic exchange in Europe and its neighbouring regions to the International MitOst Festival, which event is always organised by the MitOst festival team of Berlin and the local team of the host country.

Sándor Tar: The Opportunity – audio book

Regarding the increased interest in “Tájékoztató” (*Informative* – book by the Hungarian author, Sándor Tar), Déri Museum started to think about to create an audio book from the text. In one hand, because many people prefer the acceptance of works in artistic interpretation; on the other hand, younger generations listen to a literary text sooner than they read it; and last but not least the audio book can reach many visually disabled readers by Tar’s writing. Following the increasing number of narrated performances in the theatres, museums also should provide their national heritage accessible to the disabled people.

Urban ParticipArt

Urban ParticipArt, a strategic partnership within the Erasmus + program, is a laboratory that develops innovative, culture-based participatory methodologies to engage civilians (especially young people) in urban remodeling. The concrete result of our hands-on research and joint experimentation will be the development of a participatory art toolkit for urban youth. The toolbox created during the project is a set of art tools based on the exchange of different creative methods and participation-based collaboration.

channeling » Art&Tech

channeling » Art&Tech is a professional workshop and public lecture series, which brings creators together to find answers to the most important challenges in the contemporary art&tech world. The goal of channeling is to find and bring together creators who use technology creatively, and during the 4 professional workshops explore the possible vision of creative ideas, channel creators into the bloodstream of the art & tech world through networking, consulting and joint performances.

Open European Societies

The “OPEN EUROPEAN SOCIETIES” brings together 12 partners from 8 countries, all committed to support migrant and refugee integration, community development, tackling xenophobia, discrimination and Hate Speech. The aim of the project is to eradicate the stigmatisation of migrants and refugees by helping the communities to overcome stereotypes and developing counter-narratives through video campaigns and interviews of third-country nationals – thus give more accurate insights into their situations and experiences.